What is Evo-Devo?

Evo-Devo is the most important thing to happen to scientific thinking about evolution since the Modern Synthesis -- here's bite-size introduction for the uninitiated.

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[whannes]

Facts presented didnt really go all the way through. You really need to work on how you present yourself. Introduction of speech, tone of voice, etc.

[Kurtiz76]

nice analogy with the power strip. way too many different camera views btw hehe

[figneutron1]

Even for 60s this was a pretty bad explanation.  It was all devo, but no evo. Btw, genes don't make body parts, they make proteins.

[wigandiaurens]

very nice explanation :)

[benthemiester]

I meant to say, in my opinion this is a lame excuse, was in a hurry sorry about the gibberish.

[benthemiester]

CONT....The NCSE boycotted meeting because it openly questions natural selection as the primary creative force for macro evolutionary innovation. Scott and the NCSE doesn't want to give talking points to IDer's. In my this is a opinion a lame excuse.

[benthemiester]

The Altenberg 16 summit was a lot more important than nobody realized. The meeting would have gotten zero attention if it wasn't for Suzan Mazur breaking the story. Google Suzan Mazure interview's evolutionary biologist Stewart Newman.

Its well worth watching. Its being referred to as the new extended synthesis which incorporates epigenetics, plasticity. and self organizing models. The latter will make a lot of Neo Darwinst uncomfortable....

[morphinemoniza]

I just read an entire book about evo devo without getting it but your video made it amazingly simple. Thanks!

[cmcgaugh1971]

Excellent video clip. Well done. Simple and to the point.

[mizamerica523]

i heard thy were gonna evodevo the bird emu into a theropod like dinnosaur